Armani Meccanico: Increased efficiency, enhanced precision – over the years.
Asked quite a while back if quartz-powered watches are my cuppa – today I like to answer that. If there’s one reason I’d like to make it my cuppa,...
Invicta Speedway 9211: Exquisite, impressive, inexpensive
The 9211 is the Speedway with a white dial; there are also two more color options present: the 9223 (black) and 9212 (dual-tone). Right on the first glance you...
Invicta 7041: Inspired by the Wise
Quite adverse to what some say about the ‘Gonzo, I do not discriminate straightaway like some others I’m closer with, within the circle. One of them claimed he doesn’t...
Casio Protrek Triple Sensor Atomic PRW-6000Y-1AJF: Digital smarts in a bundle
In this review we shall see the ProTrek giving G-Shock a run for their money. The G-Shock series’ tight grip on the extreme sports arena shook a bit...
Ask Gonzo ’bout watches – XXI
Q. Gonzo! Let me start by saying I hate complex watches. I find myself befuddled amongst complex sets of dials and LCD screens. What I seek is a simple...
Buying a dive watch? Know the ratings first!
There’s hardly any watch today without some amount of water resistance. The keep-the-water-out craft is now an open secret – not costly either – so it goes withut saying...
Precise notes on the Precisionist – I
If your watch reads WR in bars and not in meters, multiply it with 10. Next, subtract 10 from it and that’s your approximately equal in metres. So 10...
A crash-couse in UTC before buying the Citizen Navihawk A-T Eco-Drive
Seafarers and landfarers now agree at something. It’s the Luminox Navy Seal Colormark series. It’s an exemplified show of military standards including the designs. Strong, rugged and built to...
Luminox POINTMAN and NAV SPC: RECON-ing their individual strengths
Seafarers and landfarers now agree at something. It’s the Luminox Navy Seal Colormark series. It’s an exemplified show of military standards including the designs. Strong, rugged and built to...
Top watches under $500
Ask any watch buyer his preference (we are keeping ladies out of this discussion) for an all-time wear and most shall vote for a budget timepiece. That would take...
Exotic, not Precious: A Take on Titanium
Earlier we exchanged a few words on watch materials – more precisely, watch-case materials – and it seems it’s again the time to pick up the tempo! Focussing chiefly on...
The bright-faced Baby-G
It’s not usual Gonzo speaking on women’s watches but the crew asks my comments on this hip and stylish Baby-G. So I’ll be straight; this inexpensive watch is classier...
Calibre 8700 and its blue-gold story
“A good watch should be self-sufficient.” Yet another return to Citizen’s Eco-Drive! Why most of us are damn interested in it is primarily it’s the first Solar-Powered range of...
The Truth ’bout Sapphire
Hello, all you good readers of the MAW Blog. Your interest in watches interests us and our rantings on the same are just in great appreciation of the many...
Prospex…again (part II)
With so much been said on the Seiko Proxpex, we missed out on a crucial part and that is: Why Seiko Prospex? IMHO, a Seiko Prospex makes the best...